Apparatus that presents result of recognition of recognition target

Abstract

An apparatus and a method capable of accurately recognizing that a person will appear on a road and certainly notifying the person that an autonomous moving body has recognized a place where the person will appear are disclosed. An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure detects, as a recognition target, a person appearance area, in which a person will appear, formed by a recognition target presentation apparatus on a road and presents, to the person, a result of recognition indicating that the autonomous moving body has recognized the person appearance area as a result of the detection of the recognition target.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A first apparatus to be mounted on a first autonomous moving body, the first apparatus comprising:
 a processor; and 
 a memory storing a computer program, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations including: 
 detecting, via a camera mounted on the first autonomous moving body, first light that is radiated on a road by a second apparatus which is included in a second autonomous moving body, the first light indicating a first area to which a person will get out of the second autonomous moving body, and 
 presenting, to the person, information indicating that the first autonomous moving body has recognized the first area. 
 
     
     
       2. The first apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the presenting includes radiating second light as the information toward the first light on the road. 
 
     
     
       3. The first apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 in the radiating, the second light has a linear shape extending between the first light and the first autonomous moving body. 
 
     
     
       4. The first apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 in the radiating, a color of the second light is different from a color of the first light. 
 
     
     
       5. The first apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 in the radiating, the second light projects, onto the road, an image including a text indicating that the first autonomous moving body has recognized the first area. 
 
     
     
       6. The first apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 in the radiating, the second light projects, onto the road, an image including a pattern indicating that the first autonomous moving body has recognized the first area. 
 
     
     
       7. The first apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 in the radiating, the second light is radiated only within a second area across which the first autonomous moving body will run. 
 
     
     
       8. The first apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 in the radiating, the second light at least partially overlaps the first light on the road. 
 
     
     
       9. The first apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 in the radiating, the second light has a same shape as the first light on the road. 
 
     
     
       10. The first apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the presenting includes outputting a predetermined sound to the person. 
 
     
     
       11. The first apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the operations further include capturing an image of a scene in a moving direction of the first autonomous moving body, 
 wherein, 
 the detecting includes specifying the first area indicated by the first light from the captured image and 
 the presenting includes displaying, on a front surface of the first autonomous moving body, at least a portion, which includes the first area, of the captured image. 
 
     
     
       12. The first apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the first light has a predetermined pattern detectable by the first apparatus in the detecting. 
 
     
     
       13. The first apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the first light is temporally changing light detectable by the first apparatus in the detecting. 
 
     
     
       14. A method performed by a processor mounted on a first autonomous moving body, the method comprising:
 detecting, via a camera mounted on the first autonomous moving body, light that is radiated on a road by an apparatus which is included in a second autonomous moving body, the light indicating an area to which a person will get out of the second autonomous moving body; and 
 presenting, to the person, information indicating that the first autonomous moving body has recognized the area.